New York A 10333: Relates to providing for the legal ownership of a companion animal

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A10333 Summary:

BILL NOA10333 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01762

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SPONSORKim

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COSPNSRZinerman, Lee, Simon, Shimsky, McDonough, Novakhov, Schiavoni, Gonzalez-Rojas

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §167-a, Lab L

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Places limits on the maximum amount of hours a home care aide may be required to work without voluntarily consenting to such an assignment.

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BILL NOA10333 

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02/20/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10333

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to maximum hours for home
 care aides

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 167-a to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 167-a. Hours of labor for home care aides. 1. For purposes of this
 4 section: (a) "Home care aide" means a home health aide, personal care
 5 aide, personal care attendant, consumer directed personal assistant,
 6 home attendant or other licensed or unlicensed person whose primary
 7 responsibility includes the provision of in-home assistance with activ-
 8 ities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living or
 9 health-related tasks, or the provision of companionship or fellowship.
 10 The provisions of this section shall apply equally to services provided
 11 by home care aides who work on episodes of care as direct employees of
 12 the care recipient, certified home health agencies, long term home
 13 health care programs, or managed care plans, or as employees of licensed
 14 home care services agencies, limited licensed home care services agen-
 15 cies, or under any other arrangement.
 16 (b) "Unforeseeable emergent circumstance" means an unpredictable or
 17 unavoidable occurrence that requires immediate action.
 18 (c) "Maximum home care hours" shall mean (i) consecutive twelve-hour
 19 shifts per twenty-four hour period or (ii) any one single shift exceed-
 20 ing twelve hours per twenty-four hour period.
 21 2. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no
 22 employer shall assign a home care aide to more than the maximum home
 23 care hours except as provided for in subdivision four of this section.
 24 (b) Any requirement of a home care aide to accept an assignment for
 25 more than the maximum home care hours contained in any contract, agree-
 26 ment or understanding executed or renewed after the effective date of
 27 this section shall be void.
 28 3. The agreement of any home care aide to accept an assignment for
 29 more than the maximum home care hours shall be voluntary. Consent to
 30 accept an assignment for more than the maximum home care hours must be
 31 expressly provided by the employee. Consent to accept an assignment for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05041-01-5

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 1 more than the maximum home care hours on a specific occasion shall not
 2 constitute implied consent to accept such assignment in the future. The
 3 refusal of a home care aide to accept an assignment for more than the
 4 maximum home care hours shall not be grounds for discrimination,
 5 dismissal, discharge, threats, or any other penalty or employment deci-
 6 sion adverse to the employee.
 7 4. (a) The provisions set forth in subdivision two of this section
 8 shall not apply in case of an unforeseeable emergent circumstance when
 9 assignment for more than the maximum home care hours is determined
 10 necessary, provided that the employer has exhausted all reasonable
 11 efforts to obtain proper staffing. However, such assignment shall not
 12 exceed four hours over a twelve-hour shift, and shall be subject to the
 13 requirement of consent pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
 14 (b) Where an unforeseeable emergent circumstance is due to the delayed
 15 arrival of a home care aide who is relieving a home care aide who has
 16 worked the maximu